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Club Information
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Petridish
8 Stafford Street
Dunedin,  9016
New Zealand
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Meeting Attendance
Members are encouraged to attend Thursday lunch meetings whenever they can. They are an opportunity for fellowship, to hear interesting speakers, and to catch up with our Club activities.
Remember that if you are unable to join our lunch meetings in person, we can still provide a Zoom option. Please contact President Fiona for details of the link to use.
 
Meal Orders - Update
The café has noted that many of our  Rotary members and guests are now ordering on arrival.  This makes it difficult for them  to manage staffing levels and keep up the level of service for us, as well as their other guests.  
As a club, we appreciate the use of the venue facilities free of charge.
To maintain this it is appreciated if you would please remember to pre-order your food and drink from the lunch menu ahead of time!

Email orders will be accepted now up until 11am  orders@thedishcafe.co.nz
 
The current $20 lunch menu (includes a drink) can be downloaded from here (updated 23 January 2023)
 
Bulletin Editor
Bruce Collier
(If you have any comments or questions, please contact the editor)
Stories
Last Weeks Speaker -  Andrew Tiffany
Posted by Katie Slaughter
From Milton to Shanghai and back to Dunedin.
For the past 20 years Andrew Tiffany has been making his way across Asia teaching the teachers and coincidentally following the various pandemics.
He started in Tai Pei at the age of 30 going from leading at summer camp, to teacher training and then into HR, until one day a phone call was to change the trajectory of his career. He began working for The Walt Disney Company in Shanghai, although his work took him all over China. His role was to train Chinese people to work at Disney, a company which has a very specific way of training its employees. He immensely enjoyed his time with the organisation and found their values aligned with his own and aren’t that far removed from Rotary’s.
Andrew and his wife returned to New Zealand to educate their children and he now works with National Geographic remotely from his home in Mornington.
Thank you Andrew for  coming to speak to our club, it was an interesting journey through your life.
Rotary International
A visitor to the club last week was Anna Karrel   who was one of our Rotary Youth Exchange students from Denmark five years ago. She's shown here with Carole Adair who was her RYE mentor . Anna  was revisiting the club as part of a return visit to NZ with her host dad Greg Angell. It was great to see her again!
On Safari
Posted by President Fiona
Report received Saturday p.m.!!
The T&C safari to Oamaru is going really well. There are 18of us on tour in Oamaru. We enjoyed visiting Totara Park Estate yesterday , Parkside Whitestone Quarry and Limeworks Sat morning and Riverstone Kitchen and Dots  castle . We are just on our way to visit Rod Tempero at Tempero Motor Body works and looking forward to viewing Clark’s Historic Flour Mill on Sunday. Here’s a photo of the group at the quarry this morning!
Time for a new challenge
Pete Gouverneur has been appointed as Assistant District Governor (replacing Ah-Lek Tay) as from 1 July 2023.
What does an AG do?
Supports the incoming DG Phil Gully
Liases closely with Dunedin, Dunedin South, Dunedin Central, Dunedin Harbour, St Kilda Sunrise, Rotaract and E-Club of WASH
Encourages combined club projects
Brings the club Presidents together to share ideas and learn from each other
Visits the Dunedin clubs and share their successes with other club Presidents
Promotes ways the district Leadership team can support clubs
And of course encourages membership because if your club is not growing then we really need to look at ways to fix this.
Peter offers this quote to reflect on: "Every challenge you face today makes you stronger tomorrow. The challenge of life is intended to make you better, not bitter." (Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart)
Club Centennial Dinner
Posted by John Drummond
Rotary Dunedin Centennial Dinner
Saturday 29 April 2023 at Toitu.
A very special occasion!
Book the date in your diary now!
Quiz Night
Q. What is the name of the main antagonist in the Shakespeare play Othello ?   
The Community Projects group is holding a Quiz Night on Thursday 30 March so start organising a team now! Your Rotary Group/Committee? Work Colleagues? Friends and Family? We are also seeking suitable Raffle Prizes - these add considerably to the success of the fundraiser. Are you able to donate a small item? Do you have "connections" with a business who might sponsor us?  See Bruce Collier if you can help.
 
Answer: Iago
 
Sponsors

Forsyth Barr

Interested in being a sponsor?
Download the website sponsorship guide

 
Jordana Whyte is the Trust Manager for the Wildlife Hospital Dunedin, an organisation she co-founded in 2015. She also serves as chair of the NZ Sea Lion Trust. Her previous experience involves being a Project Manager for the Cosy Homes Trust and she has a community development and grant writing background. She is also on the Predator Free Dunedin trust board.
Speakers
Mar 02, 2023
Jordana Whyte
Wildlife Hospital Dunedin
Mar 09, 2023
Rotary Youth Leaders
Rotary Youth Leaders tell of their summer conference
Mar 16, 2023
Joanna Williams
Recent research into Alzheimers
Mar 23, 2023
Stephen Higgs
Life as Chancellor at the University
Mar 30, 2023
Richard Buchanan
Centenary Moment: Dunedin CCS/Disability Action
Apr 06, 2023
Euan Inglis
Who am I?
Apr 13, 2023
Special Lunch Meeting at Orokonui Ecosanctuary
View entire list

Programme Feb-April

This can be downloaded and shared with friends, family and work colleagues who may be interested in our speakers or special events.

If you would like to hear a particular speaker, or have any speaker suggestions please email John Drummond drummond_john@yahoo.co.nz

Duty Roster

Follow this link to the Duty Roster. 

The five week roster is the most accurate and members are urged to check the Duty Roster webpage regularly.

Essentials

SPEAKER HOSTS please remember to send a summary of the Speakers presentation complete with photo to   Bruce. brucec3210@gmail.com
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Paul Spain
February 2
 
Jonathan Usher
February 13
 
Lynne Guy
February 15
 
Join Date
Bruce Collier
February 22, 2007
16 years
 
Grant Chirnside
February 26, 2003
20 years
 
 
Keep Up With Us
 
 
 
 
 
Wasp Eradication
The combined-clubs wasp eradication project is getting underway next month, probably 5th and 12th March (morning). Anyone that wants to join the team on either or both days should email brucecowan751@gmail.com 
Child Cancer Appeal
The club has been asked to
collect for the Child Cancer Foundation Street Appeal on Sat 11 March at the Otago Farmers Market, 8am-12pm.
If you can assist please contact President Fiona.
Otago Rally
Rally Otago is on again on 1st April & we have been asked to provide 23 marshals
 
The stage starts at 3.35pm this year so we will need 10-12 marshals on site at 2.30pm & the rest at 3pm. It should be finished by 5pm
 
David Neill, Ross Taylor & Ah-Lek have agreed to be team leaders again this year which makes for a very smooth operation.
 
The event is a good fundraiser for the Dunedin clubs who assist
 
If anyone can assist please email peter@propertyprofessionals.co.nz
Cyclone Relief
An account has been set up with ROZops (Rotary Oceania Zone Operations) to receive donations from Clubs and individual Rotarians, which will be administered by Rotarians to support where it is most needed in Districts 9910, 9920 and 9930.
Charitable Projects -NZ
ANZ Account 06 0193 0905286 08
Please identify the District you wish your donation to go to.